"We saw a large group of people running from that area, once we got to that location we saw a female lying on the ground," said Assistant Chief Arnold Williams. "We talked to some of the witnesses who told us what happened, gave us a description, we recovered one weapon and there was two people we have detained who are persons of interest.

"You have two people who decided to do something stupid," Williams said. "They decide to end the argument with a weapon instead of talking it out as individuals and you had an innocent bystander who not even involved in the argument, who was wounded."

A person tweeted a photo of Detroit police comforting a young girl after the shooting happened.

Officer comforting a little girl because her mom got shot in the middle of Hart Plaza during the fireworks, heartbreaking pic.twitter.com/y31b6cbB0k

Witness Chris Sollena was at the fireworks near the shooting and spoke to FOX 2 by phone.

"Eventually (police) just started arresting people right behind the Spirit of Detroit," said Chris Sollena, who added that the first responders got to the scene quickly. "The most heartbreaking thing that I saw was a little girl possibly her daughter being held by one of the female officers being comforted. They put a blanket around her. I feel really bad for the family.

"An innocent person just trying to watch the fireworks and something like that happens to her."

Separately, a second shooting was reported after the fireworks a few blocks away from the celebration. Two teens were injured in a shooting while they were sitting in their car. You can read more about that shooting here.

Stay with FOX 2 for more information as it becomes available.

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